Archive for January, 2010
Summing up Ontario’s VC industry in 5 minutes flat
31 January 2010How do you sum up the Province of Ontario’s venture capital situation in the space of 300 seconds?
Around noon on Monday, representatives of the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association will be appearing before the Ontario Legislature’s Finance Committee as part of the committee’s pre-budget hearings. Given the number of different groups that have [...]
Canadian private equity firm chosen to build NYC casino
30 January 2010The good news just keeps coming for the Canadian private equity industry (see prior post “Canada’s Private Equity industry is on fire” Jan 12-10).
Just yesterday, New York State Governor David Patterson announced that the Aqueduct Entertainment Group had been chosen to redevelop the historic Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A key feature of the redevelopment comes [...]
Apple / RIM pair trade strategy may still make sense
29 January 2010How’s the smartphone “pair trade” working out?
Three months ago, when I was fretting about Research In Motion’s market positioning (see prior post “Worried about RIM” Oct 29-09), I mused that one investment idea for tech saavy folks was to own both Apple (AAPL:Q) and Research In Motion (RIMM:Q) shares. Why try and pick the winner [...]
Quebec’s VC world is rolling
28 January 2010Dateline: Montreal
The first sign of Montreal’s vibrant business environment was a completely full Porter flight. Our team had a couple of great tech stories to see: firms that would rank very well against any of their industry competitors around the globe. Each appears to be busting at the seams on the staffing and real estate front, two [...]
What is the origin of O’Leary’s “billionaire” moniker?
24 January 2010There is no end to the benefits of the world wide web.
Just the other day, I was fortunate enough to come across an April 2000 New York Times article regarding Mattel’s brutal experience with its acquisition of The Learning Company. You know, the one they bought from former its CEO, and Canada’s [...]